rebeccaemms
Warren Scout
Ok that is a bit of a generalisation because I’m sure that most dog-owners do not do this but it seems that every dog-owner I know acts like their little pudding is so innocent and should be granted special permission to terrorise!!!
I’ll stop ranting and explain!!!!!
My Mum-in-law and her hubby came over last night with their badly behaved and untrained dog in tow. He wasn’t invited and we weren’t expecting them so it came completely out of the blue. This dog could be lovely if someone had taken the time to give him some training! Basically the sun shines out of this dogs rear end. He unexpectedly came waltzing through my (dog free) house straight through the open back door and into the back garden where the bunnies were out in their run and proceeded to charge at the bars sniffing and grizzling. My poor babies were so shocked that Benjamin was running round like a loon under siege bumping the bars and Roxy froze to the spot shaking. I was out there in a bolt of lightning and grabbed the dog and held him back while shouting hubby for help. Hubby came to see what was up and realised that the bunnies were petrified and we needed to get them back in their shed so we went in the run and grabbed a bun each while the darn dog was snapping at our heels and following us into the shed. His Mum had come to see what ‘all the commotion’ was so we asked her to hold the dog back so we could settle the buns in the shed and she did it although complaining the whole time. Her husband stood laughing his head off and once the buns were safely away I got the usual excuse ‘He wouldn’t hurt a fly our little darling – he only wants to say hello’. I tried to explain that while that might be true our two bunnies see the little darling as a predator and have no idea that he is harmless and bunnies can have a heart attack from such a shock. Mum in Law and Hubby’s response was one of complete amusement and disbelief! ‘The rabbits would be fine – you are too overprotective with them’ was the response!! It really riles me up to be honest!!! I have a cousin whose opinion about her dog is exactly the same – he’s only playing!!! Argh!!! For the rest of their visit I was treated like an over protective parent with little comments and digs while the dog ran riot weeing on my tomato plants, pooing on my herb patch, wandering in and out of the house at will and grabbing hold of my thankfully cheap sunglasses and chewing the arm off and being told ‘He just wants to explore’ and ‘he’s harmless’
I know most dog owners are nothing like my Mum in Law and hubby but I just get cross with people who expect you to make the same excuses for their pets as they do!
Rant over – hehe!
Thankfully the buns had made a full recovery by 10pm and were happily munching on some treats!
I’ll stop ranting and explain!!!!!
My Mum-in-law and her hubby came over last night with their badly behaved and untrained dog in tow. He wasn’t invited and we weren’t expecting them so it came completely out of the blue. This dog could be lovely if someone had taken the time to give him some training! Basically the sun shines out of this dogs rear end. He unexpectedly came waltzing through my (dog free) house straight through the open back door and into the back garden where the bunnies were out in their run and proceeded to charge at the bars sniffing and grizzling. My poor babies were so shocked that Benjamin was running round like a loon under siege bumping the bars and Roxy froze to the spot shaking. I was out there in a bolt of lightning and grabbed the dog and held him back while shouting hubby for help. Hubby came to see what was up and realised that the bunnies were petrified and we needed to get them back in their shed so we went in the run and grabbed a bun each while the darn dog was snapping at our heels and following us into the shed. His Mum had come to see what ‘all the commotion’ was so we asked her to hold the dog back so we could settle the buns in the shed and she did it although complaining the whole time. Her husband stood laughing his head off and once the buns were safely away I got the usual excuse ‘He wouldn’t hurt a fly our little darling – he only wants to say hello’. I tried to explain that while that might be true our two bunnies see the little darling as a predator and have no idea that he is harmless and bunnies can have a heart attack from such a shock. Mum in Law and Hubby’s response was one of complete amusement and disbelief! ‘The rabbits would be fine – you are too overprotective with them’ was the response!! It really riles me up to be honest!!! I have a cousin whose opinion about her dog is exactly the same – he’s only playing!!! Argh!!! For the rest of their visit I was treated like an over protective parent with little comments and digs while the dog ran riot weeing on my tomato plants, pooing on my herb patch, wandering in and out of the house at will and grabbing hold of my thankfully cheap sunglasses and chewing the arm off and being told ‘He just wants to explore’ and ‘he’s harmless’
I know most dog owners are nothing like my Mum in Law and hubby but I just get cross with people who expect you to make the same excuses for their pets as they do!
Rant over – hehe!
Thankfully the buns had made a full recovery by 10pm and were happily munching on some treats!